Fatal methaemoglobinemia due to intentional sodium nitrite ingestion
BMJ Case Rep
.
2022 Dec 13;15(12):e252954.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252954.
Authors
Zachary S Wettstein
1
,
Nicole A Yarid
2
,
Sachita Shah
3
Affiliations
1
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA zwett@uw.edu.
2
King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, Washington, USA.
3
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
PMID:
36524260
PMCID:
PMC9748921
(available on
2024-12-13
)
DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2022-252954
No abstract available
Keywords:
Emergency medicine; Poisoning; Public health; Suicide (psychiatry); Toxicology.
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Eating
Humans
Methemoglobinemia* / chemically induced
Poisoning*
Sodium Nitrite
Suicide*
Substances
Sodium Nitrite